====== Statistics Drivers ======

:!: This functionality was removed in VuFind® 4.0; it is recommended that you use [[configuration:usage_stats|Google Analytics or Piwik]] to collect usage data.

VuFind®'s statistic gathering functionality can read and write data in the database or Solr index (and also has write-only file capabilities).  You can write custom plugins to use other statistics-gathering mechanisms.

===== Key Plugin Details =====

**Default Namespace:** \VuFind\Statistics\Driver

**Base Class:** [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/blob/release-3.1/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Statistics/Driver/AbstractBase.php|\VuFind\Statistics\Driver\AbstractBase]]

**Service Locator Configuration Section in module.config.php:** ['vufind']['plugin_managers']['statistics_driver']

**Service Manager Name for Service Locator:** VuFind\StatisticsDriverPluginManager

See the [[development:plugins:general_information|General Plugin Information]] page for more details on VuFind plugins.